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Taurus 2110 | OrbView-4
Minotaur-C 2110
Sep 21, 2001, 6:49 PM UTC
Sep 21, 2001, 6:49 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Orbview 4 was a high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite imagery. OrbView 4's imaging instrument was to provide one-meter panchromatic imagery and four-meter multispectral imagery. OrbView 4 was lost in an launch failure, when the Taurus-2110 carrier rocket suffered an loss of control, which was recovered, but orbit was not achieved.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA